Do higher politician salaries reduce corruption and improve governance?

• Main Authors: Chin, Hong Xiang, Low, Guo Quan, Wang, Yiwei
• Other Authors: Giovanni Ko
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/66923
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Do higher politician salaries reduce corruption and improve governance? Previous empirical studies focusing on specific countries have suggested conflicting conclusions, while no studies to date has examined a panel analysis of this relation across countries and over time. Our paper addresses this g...